Chapter 45
After watching this show, Fang Ning got into the family driver's car and went back home.
Ji Xiangnian is still drinking wine. The Ji family's main industry is manufacturing, but they also have an entertainment agency.
The company's senior executives also came to the charity banquet with several artists. When the senior executives saw Ji Xiangnian coming over, he also brought some of the company's more popular stars.
Ji Xiangnian drank a few glasses with them. Things with Fang Ning were not going well today, and now he met a senior executive who didn't know how to read people's faces and wanted to get him drunk.
The actor next to him also came closer to him inadvertently.
Ji Xiangnian put down his wine glass. Under the extravagant lights of the banquet, the undercurrent was surging and people were drinking and chatting, but there was no figure he wanted to see. Ji Xiangnian's tired brows became heavier and there was indeed a sense of boredom shaking in his heart.
It seemed like there was nothing at this banquet that aroused his interest. Fang Ning was not here, and neither were the others. There was really no point in being here.
Ji Xiangnian was planning to go back when he was leaving. The senior executives followed Ji Xiangnian out.
Just as he opened the car door, Ji Xiangnian was dazzled by a sudden light, a bit like a camera flash.
There were many people from the entertainment industry at the cocktail party, and of course there were also many reporters and paparazzi.
Ji Xiangnian subconsciously stretched out his hand to stop it, glanced around, but found nothing.
The senior executive who had escorted Ji Xiangnian out noticed that Ji Xiangnian suddenly stopped moving, and asked cautiously, "What happened to Director Ji?"
The night sky was quiet, the banquet was still crowded, everything was so ordinary and peaceful.
Ji Xiangnian shook his head slightly, bent down and sat in the expensive car.
The senior management wanted to place a relative in the company and asked Ji Xiangnian at the cocktail party, but was rejected.
Now seeing Ji Xiangnian was about to leave, he felt a little unwilling in his heart and still wanted to fight for it.
The car door wasn't closed yet, and the senior executive gave a look to the female star who was following him. After receiving the look from the senior executive, the female star took a few steps forward, staring straight at Ji Xiangnian, lifting the hair behind her ears, raising her red lips slightly, and looking upwards, with a bit of indescribable ambiguity in her eyes.
Ji Xiangnian frowned slightly.
The senior executive smiled and said, "Director Ji, Xiao Guo is a newly signed artist of the company..."
After he finished speaking, the senior executive looked at Ji Xiangnian with an ambiguous look.
In his eyes, there is no man who is not unfaithful. Although he brought his wife here today, all men are the same kind of people, with red flags flying at home and colorful flags fluttering outside.
Similarly, he felt that his boss was the same. There was no fish that didn't steal fish, and no man could refuse a beautiful woman who came to his door.
Ji Xiangnian paused slightly when pulling the seat belt, but soon returned to normal. He did not look at the beauty so close to him, but just fastened the seat belt slowly.
Then he raised his head and cast his gaze gently on the two of them: "Old Yang, you seem to be retiring in a few years. There isn't much going on at the company recently. So, after a while, when you have dealt with the things at hand, you can apply for early retirement."
Ji Xiangnian's words were calm, but to the top management and others, there was a sense of urgency and threat in them.
The senior executive staggered back a few steps, then hurriedly denied: "Director Ji, I was joking. By the way, Xiao Guo, didn't you see that Director Ji was going back? Why don't you leave?"
The latter walked away tactfully.
Ji Xiangnian ignored the two people's acting and closed the car door.
The black car window blocked out Ji Xiangnian's cold eyes, and the senior executive breathed a sigh of relief. He reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and looking at the car going farther and farther away, he thought with some fear that Ji Xiangnian would not take this matter to heart.
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It was already past midnight when Ji Xiangnian returned to Ji's house. He drank a little too much that night and had no reaction just now, but now he was starting to get drunk. After returning home, Ji Xiangnian felt dizzy.
Fang Ning hadn't slept yet. She had drunk too much in the evening and her stomach was a little bloated, so she was still in the yard digesting the food. She saw Ji Xiangnian, who was leaning on the sofa in the living room of the villa and had difficulty walking.
Fang Ning was afraid that someone would drink too much and fall asleep in this villa, so she hurried over and asked, "Are you okay?"
Ji Xiangnian frowned, and when he saw that it was Fang Ning, he sat up straighter and spoke in a much gentler tone than before: "It's nothing, I just drank a little too much tonight and my head hurts a bit."
Fang Ning remembered that she had just asked her aunt to make some hangover soup for her, and there was still some left that she hadn't drunk: "Wait a minute, I'll get you some hangover soup, I just asked my aunt to make it for you."
At this time, the aunt and housekeeper in the house basically went to rest and sleep. Fang Ning went over and filled a bowl with soup and brought it over: "Here, you will feel better after drinking it."
The hangover-relief soup was still hot, and Fang Ning's fair hands were slightly red from the heat.
Ji Xiangnian's eyes paused in the air, and his gaze subconsciously softened. He reached out and took the hangover soup.
As the warm hangover-relieving soup took a sip, Ji Xiangnian suddenly remembered the time when he had just graduated.
At that time, the family business was still in the hands of those uncles, and he was just a small manager in the company.
In order to gain a firm foothold in the company, take back the business that his parents had worked so hard to build, and also to protect his three younger brothers and sisters from being bullied by the family.
He worked, socialized and drank day and night.
At that time, for work, he lived alone in a luxurious bachelor apartment close to the company. When he was alone, he would fall asleep as soon as he was tired, and he would have to bear the pain alone when he was drunk.
Now, although he and Fang Ning are still truly together, at least he is not alone when he goes home. After drinking the warm hangover soup, he feels comfortable all over.
Ji Xiangnian felt that his current life was so good that it seemed unreal.
Ji Xiangnian put the bowl on the table, and his tone was so gentle that even he himself could not detect it: "Fang Ning, thank you."
Fang Ning met Ji Xiangnian's gaze, which was so gentle that it was terrifying.
She paused, feeling a little strange, but was quickly suppressed by Fang Ning: "It's okay, it's just a piece of cake. By the way, you should drink less in the future. Drinking too much is not good for your health."
Fang Ning remembered that at the banquet, Ji Xiangnian basically accepted all the drinks from that group of people and drank one glass of wine after another. He even blocked a few shots for her in the middle. He drank like he didn't care about his life. It was quite scary.
There were only two of them in the dimly lit and quiet villa hall.
Although Fang Ning's words were just a simple reminder, Ji Xiangnian read a different meaning from them. He glanced at Fang Ning, and the corners of his calm face slightly raised: "Okay, I'll listen to you from now on.
This sentence made Fang Ning stunned again. Some indescribable emotions seemed to be about to burst out in her heart. Fang Ning didn't dare to guess what it was. She looked away in panic, hiding the strangeness in her heart.
Wait, that's not right.
Why listen to her?
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